"black snake" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black snakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} black snake (plural black snakes)
  1. Any of certain snakes that are black in colour:
    Any species of Pseudechis, a genus of Australian snakes.
    Categories (lifeform): Elapid snakes, Vipers Translations (Any species of Pantherophis): ᎦᎴᎩ (galegi) (Cherokee) Translations (Any species of Pseudechis): bui (Yagara)
    Sense id: en-black_snake-en-noun-QU3fDhEu Disambiguation of Elapid snakes: 13 13 13 14 13 13 13 5 1 Disambiguation of Vipers: 13 14 15 15 13 13 13 5 1 Disambiguation of 'Any species of Pantherophis': 36 8 8 10 12 12 12 1 0 Disambiguation of 'Any species of Pseudechis': 53 8 8 10 7 7 7 1 0
  2. Any of certain snakes that are black in colour:
    Crotalus oreganus, a venomous North American pit viper species of snake.
    Categories (lifeform): Elapid snakes, Vipers
    Sense id: en-black_snake-en-noun-ywyb-7U4 Disambiguation of Elapid snakes: 13 13 13 14 13 13 13 5 1 Disambiguation of Vipers: 13 14 15 15 13 13 13 5 1
  3. Any of certain snakes that are black in colour:
    Agkistrodon piscivorus, a venomous North American pit viper species of snake.
    Categories (lifeform): Elapid snakes, Vipers
    Sense id: en-black_snake-en-noun-R2go9jhk Disambiguation of Elapid snakes: 13 13 13 14 13 13 13 5 1 Disambiguation of Vipers: 13 14 15 15 13 13 13 5 1
  4. Any of certain snakes that are black in colour:
    Coluber constrictor, a non-venomous North and Central American species of snake.
    Categories (lifeform): Colubrid snakes, Elapid snakes, Vipers
    Sense id: en-black_snake-en-noun-jtdQs7Qi Disambiguation of Colubrid snakes: 13 13 13 17 13 13 13 5 1 Disambiguation of Elapid snakes: 13 13 13 14 13 13 13 5 1 Disambiguation of Vipers: 13 14 15 15 13 13 13 5 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 13 13 18 12 12 12 8 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 17 17 23 9 9 9 6 2 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 9 12 12 33 9 9 9 5 2
  5. Any of certain snakes that are black in colour:
    Pantherophis alleghaniensis, a North American colubrid species of snake.
    Categories (lifeform): Elapid snakes, Vipers
    Sense id: en-black_snake-en-noun-K7XUYEdB Disambiguation of Elapid snakes: 13 13 13 14 13 13 13 5 1 Disambiguation of Vipers: 13 14 15 15 13 13 13 5 1
  6. Any of certain snakes that are black in colour:
    Pantherophis obsoletus, a North American colubrid species of snake.
    Categories (lifeform): Elapid snakes, Vipers
    Sense id: en-black_snake-en-noun-N08pK14L Disambiguation of Elapid snakes: 13 13 13 14 13 13 13 5 1 Disambiguation of Vipers: 13 14 15 15 13 13 13 5 1
  7. Any of certain snakes that are black in colour:
    Pantherophis spiloides, a North American colubrid species of snake.
    Categories (lifeform): Elapid snakes, Vipers
    Sense id: en-black_snake-en-noun-GyZ0~zxl Disambiguation of Elapid snakes: 13 13 13 14 13 13 13 5 1 Disambiguation of Vipers: 13 14 15 15 13 13 13 5 1
  8. A kind of firework that creates a snake-like formation of ash via an intumescent reaction. Synonyms: snake
    Sense id: en-black_snake-en-noun-IxymwyG4
  9. Alternative form of blacksnake (“whip”) Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: blacksnake (extra: whip)
    Sense id: en-black_snake-en-noun-APdKAA9e
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Pharaoh's serpent

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